ENDOVIDEOSURGICAL HERNIOPLASTY FOR INGUINAL HERNIAS

The study included 268 male patients with various types of inguinal hernias. Depending on the chosen treatment strategy, the patients were divided into three groups: the comparison groups consisted of 96 (35.8%) patients who underwent hernia autoplastic repair using traditional techniques, as well as 138 (51.5%) patients who underwent “tension-free” inguinal hernioplasty using the Lichtenstein technique. In the main group, 34 (12.6%) patients underwent transabdominal laparoscopic hernioplasty. The preferential use of tension-free hernioplasty methods—Lichtenstein repair and transabdominal laparoscopic hernioplasty—allowed for a reduction in the frequency of specific complications in the early postoperative period from 13.5% to 7.9% and 5.9%, respectively, as well as a decrease in the recurrence rate from 8.5% in the comparison group to 2.7% in the main group